Saratoga Springs New York-1937: Three Women in Coats and Hats Drinking at a Mineral Spring Fountain

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSaratoga Springs, New York, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 · Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

spa tourism
taking the waters
1930s women's fashion
health and leisure
family travel
Depression-era leisure
friendship

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Open pavilion with a pedestal drinking fountain beside a lawn and road, with a brick multi-storey building and young conifers behind
Time and weather: day · autumn or early spring · clear, sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight, with the subjects in shade under the pavilion roof
People: 3 · Three adult women: an older woman in a long dark coat and feathered brimmed hat, a woman in a dark coat with a fur collar and a dark hat who drinks from a cup, and a younger woman in a light tweed skirt suit and hat carrying a handbag.
Vehicles: parked car in background, briefly visible
Objects: pedestal drinking fountain with two arched spouts · fountain basin · drinking cup · pavilion posts · waste bin · handbags · gloves · hats
Colors: black · white · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The woman in the centre drinks from a cup at the fountain.
She holds the cup under one of the arched spouts to refill it.
The younger woman on the right touches her hat and smiles toward the camera.
The two older women pass the cup between them over the basin.

Three Women in Coats and Hats Drinking at a Mineral... — Clip Details

Saratoga Springs, New York, circa 1937 home movie footage shows three women in coats and hats at a mineral spring drinking fountain with two arched spouts, under an open pavilion. The woman in the centre drinks from a small cup, then refills it at a spout while an older companion in a long dark coat waits beside her. A younger woman in a light tweed suit adjusts her glove and smiles. It is one static black-and-white shot framed between two pavilion posts, with a brick building and young trees behind.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001328

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for 1930s footage of spa or health-resort visitors, ordinary women's fashion of the period, or leisure travel in upstate New York for documentary and museum use.
Period detail: Long dark coats, a fur collar, small brimmed and feathered hats, a tweed skirt suit and clutch handbags point to mid-1930s dress, and a car in the background may show a period model.
Home-movie behavior: The women go about drinking and refilling a cup without posing, and the youngest gives a brief smile at the camera, a relaxed family moment that no staged newsreel would record.
What appears in frame: Three women in coats and hats, a pedestal fountain with two arched spouts, a small drinking cup, dark pavilion posts, a waste bin, a lawn and road, young conifers and a brick building.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm with fine grain, bright blown background highlights against shaded figures, soft focus and a brief warm tint flicker that mark it as an original small-gauge print.
Edit role: Works as a character cutaway or memory beat inside a Saratoga or spa sequence, placed after the hotel sign or spa arcade shots.
Historical context: Drinking from public spring fountains was the main activity of a visit to Saratoga Springs, and this clip shows how visitors took part in it at the time the 1930s spa buildings were in use.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the three identifiable women, whose names are unknown; check the publicity and likeness risk for your use, as no individual releases are on file.
Research search match: 1930s women drinking spring water, Saratoga Springs mineral spring 8mm, black and white home movie spa visit, vintage women's coats and hats footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Gideon Putnam Spa Hotel sign and woman walking past spa arcade clips, then other 1930s Saratoga Springs footage, then spa and health-resort scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman drinking from a cup at a mineral spring fountain beside two companions, Saratoga Springs, New York, circa 1937 — A woman drinks from a cup at the spring fountain as her companions wait, Saratoga Springs, circa 1937.
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1930s spa visitor refilling a cup at a twin-spout mineral spring fountain under a pavilion in Saratoga Springs — Refilling the cup at one of the fountain's arched spouts, circa 1937.
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Older women in long dark coats and hats at a spring fountain, younger woman in tweed nearby, Saratoga Springs circa 1937 — Three visitors at the spring fountain under the pavilion, Saratoga Springs, New York, circa 1937.
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